Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) (or cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis) is an archetypal example of lung fibrosis. Although it is the most frequent of all, its etiology is not known, its pathogenesis only partially resolved, and its therapy quite inadequate and inefficient.KeywordsIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisInterstitial Lung DiseaseConnective Tissue Growth FactorUsual Interstitial PneumoniaOpen Lung BiopsyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.